The order directs federal agencies to look into ways they can support birth control access.
President Joe Biden’s administration announced a new executive order intended to expand access to contraception on Friday, one day before the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that eliminated the national right to abortion.
The new executive order will direct agencies to increase access to contraception through a range of programs and services, including under the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Title X family planning services.“This executive order underscores the president and vice president’s continued commitment to protecting access to the full spectrum of reproductive health care,” Jen Klein, the director of the White House’s Gender Policy Council, told reporters on a call Thursday afternoon.
The order directs the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services departments to streamline access to birth control for people with private insurance and promote access to over-the-counter contraception; instructs the Department of Defense to consider new actions to strengthen access for members of the military and veterans; and orders HHS to expand availability and quality of contraception within federally funded health services like community health centers, as well as support research...
Klein said the order is intended to increase contraceptives options for the public, raise awareness of them and decrease out-of-pocket costs for contraceptives. The White House did not have any specific timeline or date by which the agencies will be required to have new rules implemented, noting that it takes time to develop new strategies.Protesters hold signs in support of bodily autonomy after the Supreme Court's 2022 decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health.The order comes just ahead of Saturday’s first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v.
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